Judge Melissa Jackson flatly refused a Manhattan prosecutor’s bid to treat alleged teen robber Hunter Robinson with kid gloves — sending the youth to jail instead of putting him back on…
A no-nonsense judge flatly refused a Manhattan prosecutor’s bid to treat an alleged teen robber with kid gloves — sending the youth to jail instead of putting him back on the streets.
They allegedly snatched the kid’s wallet, including his ID and credit cards, along with his electronics, phone, sweatshirt, shoes and a Canada Goose coat before running off together, leaving the victim “frightened, barefoot, coatless with no way to call for help on a cold afternoon in January,” said Assistant District Attorney Mary DeCamp.
Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson said she couldn’t understand why the prosecutor didn’t ask for “some form of monetary bail” for suspect Hunter Robinson.The group Robinson was allegedly with at the time of the incident included Prince and Paris Francis, who are accused of firing shots last week which struck a veteran NYPD officer in the foot. Authorities said Paris Francis was caught on surveillance video in the area of the shooting wearing a Canada Goose coat.
Jackson spent nearly 22 years in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office before she was appointed to the criminal court in 2003. The Fordham University Law School grad is known forto IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2011 after he was accused of raping a hotel maid, sending him to Rikers Island instead.
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